COMING UP IN OUR NEXT HOUR. FOR NOW, WE’RE LIVE AT LAKE EOLA. ERIK SANDOVAL, GETTING
RESULTS NEWS 6 BACK TO YOU.
ERIC, THANK YOU. AS WE SAID,
THE PANIC HAPPENED WHILE THE
FIREWORKS SHOW IS UNDER WAY,
MANY PEOPLE ENDED UP SEPARATED
FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND
FRIENDS.
>> WHILE TRYING TO GET AWAY.
>> WE WERE WORRIED, OBVIOUSLY
BECAUSE EVERYONE STARTED
RUNNING. YOU WANT TO SEPARATE
BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT I I FEEL
LIKE. THAT’S THAT’S THE MOST
SCARIEST THING IS BEING
SEPARATED?
>> LISA: POLICE DID SET UP A
SPECIAL REUNIFICATION CENTER
FOR PEOPLE WHO GOT SEPARATED
LAST NIGHT. AND A FEW HOURS
LATER, THEY SAID EVERYONE HAD
LAST NIGHT. AND A FEW HOURS
LATER, THEY SAID EVERYONE HAD only at Papa Johns. BEEN REUNITED.
>> JULIE: AND HEADING INTO
LAST NIGHT, MANY WERE ALREADY
ON EDGE AFTER YESTERDAY’S MASS
SHOOTING DURING A 4TH OF JULY
PARADE IN A CHICAGO SUBURB. SO
EARLIER TODAY I HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH OUR TRAFFIC
SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE,
EXPLAIN HOW MANY OF US WERE
UNSURE WHAT EXACTLY TO DO AS
THE CHAOS UNFOLDED. WE WERE
UNSURE WHAT EXACTLY TO DO AS
THE CHAOS UNFOLDED. WE WERE only at Papa Johns. INSIDE THE BAND SHELL WHICH A
LOT OF PEOPLE, IF YOU’VE BEEN
TO A CONCERT AT LAKE EOLA, YOU
KNOW, THERE’S THE STAGE.
THERE’S AN AREA BEHIND THAT
STAGE THAT WE HAD OUR SHOTS AT
WITH A VIEW OF THE FOUNTAIN.
>> JULIE: AND SO MADGE IS
COUNTING DOWN TO THE
FIREWORKS. I THINK THE
FIREWORKS AND GOING FOR ABOUT
10 MINUTES AND WE’VE ALL BEEN
BACK INSIDE THE BAND SHELL.
AND WE’RE WATCHING THAT. YOU
COULD SEE LIKE A RUSH OF
PEOPLE ACROSS THE LAKE AND
THEN THESE PEOPLE START
RUNNING INTO THE BAND SHOW,
WHICH THIS IS A SMALL AREA.
WE’VE HAIR RIGHT OUR
EQUIPMENT. YOU KNOW, THE
ORLANDO CONCERT BAND. THEY
RESTORING SOME OF THEIR STUFF
IN THERE. PEOPLE JUST START
RUNNING INTO INTO THE
BANDSHELL. I KNOW YOU’VE
WATCHED A LOT OF THE VIDEO.
WHAT, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS
YOUR REACTION TO SEEING ALL
THE VIDEO THAT WAS RELEASED?
>> THIS IS IT’S UNFORTUNATE
BECAUSE EVERY TIME I LOOK AT
STUFF, I LOOK AT IT FROM A
VERY TACTICAL MIND AND BEING
IN NEWS HAS GROWN AS PUT THAT
EMPATHY IN ME A LITTLE BIT TO
UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE REACT
THE WAY THEY DO. PEOPLE TRULY
GOT SCARED AND TALKING WITH
SOME OF YOU HERE IN THE NEWS 6
BUILDING, I CAN FEEL WHAT
HAPPENED FOR TO YOU GUYS
BECAUSE IT WAS THAT FAST?
YEAH. AND WHAT YOU SEE WAS
JUST A SMALL CROWD TAKE OFF
RUNNING AND CREATE. A WAVE OF
FEAR. WE ALL NEED TO PREPARE
FOR A THREAT NO MATTER WHAT
YOU BELIEVE OR ANYTHING. WE’RE
ALL KIND OF UNDER ATTACK RIGHT
NOW BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT
HOUSE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
GOING TO A CONCERT? ARE YOU
GOING TO A UCF FOOTBALL GAME
WHERE YOU GOING AND SAID IN
THE WORST CASE SCENARIO AND IT
IT STOCKS TO TALK ABOUT.
>> JULIE: HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN
YOU’RE MAKING THAT PLAN?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MAKE
DECISIONS IN THE MOMENT
DEPENDING WHAT HAPPENS. HOW DO
YOU KNOW WHETHER TO SHELTER IN
PLACE OR WHETHER TO RUN? HOW
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO ASSESS
QUICKLY?
>> THAT IS A DIFFICULT
QUESTION. I’M GOING TO SAY,
YOU DON’T KNOW UNTIL YOU’RE
RIGHT THERE. AND IF WE AT
LEAST TOOK 2 SECONDS, 2
SECONDS CAN ULTIMATELY SAVE
WHETHER YOU’RE JUMPING IN A
LAKE, WHETHER YOU’RE GOING TO
STAND RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU’RE
GOING TO TAKE OFF AND RUN AND
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS
OBSERVING WHAT’S HAPPENING AND
THEN EVEN PRACTICING TALKING
ABOUT ALL RIGHT. WHEN WE GET
THERE, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS,
MEET ME HERE. WE’RE NOT GOING
TO RUN. THIS WOULD MEET ME
HERE. HARD PLANS THAT DON’T
CHANGE.
HERE. HARD PLANS THAT DON’T
CHANGE. only at Papa Johns. >> JULIE: AND HE WAS ALSO
TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THESE
CONVERSATIONS ARE FUN TO HAVE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE
IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET
INTO A SITUATION LIKE THIS, IT
CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE AND IT
WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. AND WE ALL
KNOW THAT. AND HE ALSO SAID
THE PARTY THAT YOU’RE GOING
WITH HAVE A GROUP TEXT AND
MAYBE EVEN LOOP IN SOMEONE
WHO’S NOT WITH YOU SO THAT,
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN KEEP IN
TOUCH OR IF YOU LOSE TRACK OF
SOMEBODY, YOU CAN ALSO HAVE
SOMEBODY COME ON THE OUTSIDE
HELP. THAT’S REALLY GOOD IDEA.
I LOVE ESPECIALLY WITH HOW HE
SAID TO TAKE 2 SECONDS. YEAH,
MOMENT SOMETHING I DID NOT DO
LAST NIGHT AND I WAS A HOT
MESS AND I APOLOGIZE FOR
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE THAT AND
I KNOW IN MY EXPERIENCE, I
PANICKED AND I JUST WAS TRYING
TO GET AWAY AS FAST AS I
COULDN’T. I COULDN’T I WAS
CREATING MORE OF A DISASTER
BECAUSE I WASN’T JUST TRYING
TO BE CALM. I WAS JUST TRYING
TO FLEE. AND SO I THINK THAT
WHAT HE SAID TAKING THOSE 2
SECONDS CAN REALLY MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN YOUR OVERALL
OUTCOME. YEAH. BOTTOM LINE, IF
YOU ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT IT,
THEN YOU PROBABLY ARE APT TO
MAKE A BETTER AND WE ALL
SHOULD THINK ABOUT. YOU
MENTIONED THOSE THOSE PLACES.
BUT I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH MY
KIDS TODAY ABOUT SCHOOLS AND
GROCERY STORES AND WHERE EVER
YOU MAY ADD. AND HE SAID, YOU